Sealing-machine.



W. G. POWELL. EALING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED QOT. so, 1911.

Patented Au 20, 1912'.

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Warren 0. .rowELL, or. NEWARK, am,

. SEALING-MACHINE.

, V Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 20,1912.

Application filed-October 30,1911. Se'ria1i1\To 657,'6q9.

To all whom it may concern: I i 3 Be it known that I,VVA, LTER-C.'Pownm., a citizen of the United States,-, residing at Newark, in thecounty of Licking and State a' new and usefulof which the following is"of Ohio, have invented Sea-ling Machine,

The invention relates to improvements in sealing machines.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofsealing masimple, inexpensive and to provide a i "and etlicient machine,adapted to hold .two

- rolls of gummed tape,

, as the tape is drawn out of the and. equipped with moisture to thesame machine, and provided with a knife arranged'to enable the moistenedportion of the strip to be instantly cut off.

it. further {object provide a sealing adapted to permit of the machine,

"re-ans. for supplying one hantkand provided with a tension de ment ofthe rolls,

tape will not be unreeled inthe operation I hereto appended; it

- within the scope vice adapted to prevent/free rotary moveso thatunnecessary slack of themachine. v

With these and other object-sin view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claimsbeing understood that various changes In size and minor details ofconstruction,

departing from the spirit sorted to without of the advantages of the orsacrificing any lliVElltIOlL- lnthe drawingsz-F1gure 111s a verticallongitudinal sectional View, of a sealing machine, constructed inaccordance with this invention.

sectional view. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3+3 ofFig. 1. Eig. 4 is a detail view of a portion of thecasi-ng, illustratingthe construction porting the removable tank or reservoir. Fig. 5 is adetail perspective view of the tank or reservoir. Fig. 6 is a detailside view of a portion of the casing on-a reduced -scale, illustratingthe arrangement of the sight apertures.

Like numerals of reference designate cor- -provided with laterally inglugs or cars 5, arranged in flush relation v with thelower edgesottheside flanges and for the recepof the invention "is to machine of thischaracter, the tape to bedrawn out moistened and severed with.

the form, pIOpOIl31OI1,t

ot" the claims, may bore-- "of the. circular casing,

cientlyresilienttd enable them' to be bowed ")5 Fig. is-a central.transverse rolls from unreeling slack for detachably sup.

responding parts all the figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings in which is illustratedthe.preterredl-embodiment of the invention, 'l'deslgnates anapproxitr'al vertical partition 2, cularcasing into .two separatecircular tape receiving compartments 3. The-casing is provided at thebottom with spaced side flanges 4, having horizontal lower edges andforming a base for supporting the casing The side flanges are an.upright' position;

extending attachprovided with perforations tlon ofscrews, or othersuitable fastening m'e'ans for securing the casingupon a -cou'nterorother suitable support. Fixed to the partition'Q, at the centerthereof is' a 'hori- .60 mately circular casing'provided with acendividing the 'cir zontal spindle 6,.extending from the opposite sidefaces 'ofthe partition and having outer threaded portions 7 for thereception of thumb nuts 8 for securing circular side i plates 9 of sheetmetal or other suitable material to the casing. The projecting spindlemaybe rigidly secured in a central opening of the partition, or it maybe cast integral with the same or formed many other desired manner.removable to readily placed on the spindle, and either side plate maying the other side plate or the roll of tape arranged thereon. Thecircular side plates fit attheir-edges in peripheral recesses; 10

or flexed inward-1y by the thumb nuts to form a' brake orytension devicefor preventing tree rotary movement of the rolls of tape, so that thelatter will have to be posl tively drawn outward by the operator withacontinuous ,pull. This will prevent the tape at each oper- The sideplates are 7 permit rolls of tape to be' be detached withoutdist-urb- Iand they are sufiiation of the machine, and" it will enable the 4operator to obtain the desirethamount.ot

tape and to moisten thesame and cut off the tape by the meanshereinafter described .with one hand, leaving the other hand free "forholding the package to be sealed. Each side plate is preferably providedat the bottom with a tapered pro]ect1on 10,

and

in the COI'ILSPOIRllQg notch or recess 1 I plates.

interlocking-the side plate with thel 'casing' 'to prevent rotarymovement of the former on the spindle; Washers 11 are preferably'interposed between the thumb nutsand the flex1bl e or resilient sideplates 9; The commachine. The side plates are provided with radiallyarranged sight apertures 12 to enable the quantity of tape contained.withn the compartments of the casing to be readily seen Without removingthe side .Thecasing is provided at the frontwith transverse slots orapertures 13, extending from thecentralpartition to the side edges"ofnthe. circular casing and open at their,

A outer ends to enable also provided above thetape to be readilyintroduced into them when the side plates .areremoved. The front ofthecasing is the transverse apertures 1 3-With.an approximatelytriangular the casing. and presenting an inclined. front face 15.towhich an inclined knife 16 is secured by screws 17, or other suitablefastening. devices. The knife, which has a lower cutting edge, islocated above a felt covered roller 18, provided with journal's 1.9,which are detachably arranged in open enlargement- 14, extendingentirely across '25 hearing recesses 20 of a tank or reservoir 21,

designed to contain water for moistening the felt 22.0f the roller 19.The tank or reservoir 21, Which-is open at'the top, is pro-.

.vided at the inner faces of its sides with the bearing recesses 20,which extend downwardly from'the upper edges-of the side Walls, and thelatter are provided at their outer faces with top horizontal ribs orenlargements 23, Whichform shoulders to rest :upon horizontal arms 24,projecting from the front of the casing at opposite sides thereof, andat points below the transverse apertures 13. The tank or receptacleisarranged, between the supporting arms 24, which are provided in theirupper portions with'tapered recesses 25 to receive tapered lugs orprojections 26, preferably formed integral with the sidewalls of thetank or receptacle and extendingdownwardly from the ribs or enlargementsat' the centers.

thereof and fitting in the tapered recesses '25, whereby the tank orreceptacle is heldagainst inward or outward movement on the supportingarms '24. The tank or re ceptacle is removable for'cleaning the parts Ior any other purpose; The roller is located below the transverseapertures of the casing in convenient position to enablethe tape tobedrawn over it, as the same is pulled from the casing,

transverse apertures extending from provided at the front are spaced"apart and and when the tape is drawn outwardly over the felt coveredroller,-the' latter is rotated (and moiste iis the gummed face of thetape, and the operator by raising his, hand carriesthe tape into con actwith I the knife, which severs the entire moistened portion from therest of the tape, leaving a SllffiClGIlt portion thereofextending'through the transverse apertures to enable the tape to bereadily grasped when it is desired to obtain another piece of the same.Both the roller and the knife extend entirely across the casing soas tooperate on the tape of either compartment.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as newand desireto secure by Letters Patent,.is:'- Y

1. A sealing machine comprising an approximately circular casingprovided with a central vertical partition forming opposite tapereceiving compartments said casing being also provided at the front.with I the partition to the sides of the casing, a spindle extendingthrough the directions from the, casing and adapted to support reels ofgummed' tape, side plates covering the said compartments and detachabl.secured to the casin a knife located above the transverse apertures andsecured to and extending entirely across the casing f or severing thetape of either compartment, a tank or receptacle supported on the casingdirectly below. the said apertures, and a moistening'roll. mounted'inthe tank or receptacle and arranged'to receive the tape of eithercompartment.- 2. A sealing machine comprising a casing having tapereceiving compartments and with apertures to en-' able the tape to bedrawn from thecompartw ments, said casing being also provided at thefront below the apertures with integral projecting horizontal supportingarms-which provided in their upper. portions with recesses, a tank orreceptacle arranged between the supporting arms partition in oppositeand provided at the outer faces of its sides with exterior integral ribsor enlar ements seated upon the supportlng arms, said tank or receptaclebeing also provlded with 1ntegral lugs extending downwardly from theribs or enlargements extending longitudi- 'nally of and fitting in therecesses of the arms 'to hold the tank or receptacle againstdisplacement, and a moisten'ing rollmounted within the tank orreceptacle.

' In. testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoafiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WALTER O. POWELL.

Witnessesz' G1. I. THOMPSON,

C. E. WHITNEY.

